Doty won the Miss Texas Teen USA title on November 28, 2010, the first state titleholder from the Rio Grande Valley.
She had also competed in the Miss Texas Teen USA pageant in 2002 where she was named a semi-finalist as Miss Bay Area Teen USA 2001.
Ellis' first major pageant win came in 2003 when she won the title Miss Texas Teen USA 2004.
Texas | USA | Austin, Texas | Fort Worth, Texas | USA Today | Miss Universe | University of Texas at Austin | Texas A&M University | El Paso, Texas | Texas Rangers | Texas Instruments | Lubbock, Texas | Miss USA | Beaumont, Texas | Texas Rangers (baseball) | Amarillo, Texas | Waco, Texas | Texas Tech University | Miss World | Corpus Christi, Texas | Girl Scouts of the USA | Miss America | USA Network | Brownsville, Texas | Tyler, Texas | Walker, Texas Ranger | Arlington, Texas | Republic of Texas | Plano, Texas | West Texas |
She is the second Miss Texas USA to win the title in a similar timeframe, following Nicole O'Brian who was Miss Texas Teen USA 2000 and Miss Texas USA 2003.